20 self-hosted Paste.ee alternatives

PrivateBin is a minimalist zero-knowledge pastebin that encrypts and decrypts pastes in the browser, with optional passwords, expiration, discussions, and file uploads.

8.6k stars1k forkslast commit 20 Aug 2026Actively maintained

MicroBin is a lightweight, secure pastebin for sharing text, files, and short URLs with optional encryption, expiration controls, and raw file serving.

4.5k stars317 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 13 Jun 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. Create, share and manage public, unlisted or private code snippets with syntax highlighting, Git push/pull, OAuth logins and Docker/Helm deployment.

3.3k stars186 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source web and API service to create encrypted, single-view links for sharing secrets with configurable expiry and optional passphrase protection.

2.9k stars451 forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hostable, end-to-end encrypted note and file sharing with zero-knowledge storage, optional passwords, expiration (TTL), and delete-after-reading links.

2.1k stars183 forksApache-2.0last commit 22 Jul 2025Slowing down

Lightweight single-binary Rust pastebin and file-upload server with expiring and one-shot links, URL shortening, MIME detection and simple token auth.

1.2k stars84 forksMITlast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted image, GIF, MP4, and text paste hosting with a simple API, on-the-fly resizing, and URL-based transformations. File-based storage; no database required.

945 stars137 forkslast commit 21 Aug 2026Actively maintained

wastebin is a minimal, self-hostable pastebin with a Rust/axum backend, SQLite storage, syntax highlighting, optional encryption, and expiration/burn-after-read controls.

842 stars60 forksMITlast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

A fast, minimalist pastebin written in Rust with syntax highlighting and no database, comments, or social features.

680 stars57 forkslast commit 25 May 2025Slowing down

dpaste is an open source Django pastebin for publishing and sharing text snippets with optional self-hosting via standard Django or Docker deployments.

640 stars125 forksMITlast commit 20 Feb 2026Slowing down

Self-hostable pastebin focused on privacy, with browser-side end-to-end encryption, paste history, expiring pastes, and file drag-and-drop.

562 stars24 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 9 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted Go web app to share and store text snippets, files, links and a Markdown notepad over a local network with PWA support and configurable expirations.

491 stars18 forksMITlast commit 28 Jan 2026Slowing down

Ghostboard is a minimal real-time text board that syncs text across devices via WebSocket and exposes a REST API and CLI for updates and retrievals.

344 stars16 forksMITlast commit 23 Mar 2025Slowing down

Modern pastebin offering client-side encryption, configurable expiry, user accounts, public search and a REST API. Built with Go, SQLite and TailwindCSS.

80 stars4 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 21 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Full-stack code snippet manager with server-side Shiki highlighting, instant search, GitHub OAuth, public share links, bookmarks, likes and Postgres-backed storage.

66 stars6 forkslast commit 13 Sept 2025Slowing down

Lightweight, self-hostable pastebin (Java backend + TypeScript frontend) with full-text search, expiry, adjustable visibility and client-side encryption.

18 stars1 forksApache-2.0last commit 21 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Simple open-source paste and file sharing platform with client-side end-to-end encryption, Monaco editor, syntax highlighting, file transfers, CLI and Docker deployment.

16 stars1 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 30 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Lightweight pastebin for creating, sharing, and storing text/code snippets. Repository has been moved and further development continues under SuperBin.

2 stars0 forkslast commit 12 Dec 2024Likely dormant

pacebin is a lightweight, self-hostable pastebin and simple file hosting service with basic POST/GET APIs, filesystem storage, custom short links, and paste deletion keys.

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Lesma is a lightweight pastebin service designed for both web browsers and command-line workflows, offering quick sharing of text snippets and pastes.

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